Herāt
City in Afghanistan: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
View of Herat in 2009: Employee of the U.S. State Department, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Herāt is a city in Afghanistan, in Herat. About 574,300 people live in the city proper, making it the 2nd largest city of Afghanistan in our atlas.
It lies at 34.35° N, 62.20° E, about 927 m (3,041 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Asia/Kabul time zone.
Location
Red dot: Herāt. Green dots: other major cities of Afghanistan. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Herāt has a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk). The warmest month is usually Jul, with average highs near 33°C (92°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about -4°C (26°F). Around 254 mm (10 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Feb.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
Landmarks and places to see
Popular sights within a few kilometres of the city centre, ranked by how widely they are documented on Wikipedia.
What to eat in AfghanistanNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Kandahār · 442 km
- Balkh · 507 km
- Mazār-e Sharīf · 521 km
- Ghazni · 577 km
- Baghlān · 628 km
- Kabul · 639 km
- Gardez · 649 km
- Bagrām · 651 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 1140026 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q45313 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- View of Herat in 2009: Employee of the U.S. State Department, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
- Overview of the Musalla Complex, with the Gawhar Shad Mausoleum in the center: Alimosavisam, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Herat Remains of Musallah complex: koldo / Koldo Hormaza, CC BY-SA 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
